What's the purpose behind this site? Good question! I feel like I've been learning a lot about "living a life worth imitating" in the past few years. I plan to use this site as a means to be more "open source" about how I am living this life as a Christ follower, business guy and husband/father.

"Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to see."~ Romans 13:13 NLT

One of the reasons I've been learning more about living "a life worth imitating" is from being a father. The other is from some recent coaching I've been receiving ...

Simply put, there's people watching you ... all of the time! This has become really evident to me since I've had to privilege to be Dad to Mason (our 3 year old). He's become something of a mini-me (which makes me smile a bit!) ... but, I haven't really asked him to imitate anything I've done. He's mostly done that all on his own. Kids are such sponges and they love to replicate things they see, good or bad. I think most people are like that too, but maybe to a lesser extent ... nonetheless, they are watching.

Indeed, "they" are watching, especially if you are a Christ follower. In the quote from Romans chapter 13 above, we are called to live lives for others to see. I don't think that God would ask us to live a crappy life and have others replicate it, right?

So, this site is "open source" for me. This is something that will be hard for me to do ... mainly because I see lots of other lives out there that would be a lot better to "imitate" than mine. But, here I am. I love Jesus, I love my wife and family, I'm passionate about God's Kingdom and I'm busting my tail at making our businesses successful. Not for some short-lived flickering notoriety, but to be a better reflection of Christ's glory in my life. Please don't read this blog as a "this is what you should do b/c I am better than you" soap box ... but, please listen and interact in a way that can make us all better.

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Jake Penwell

06/15/2013 6:02pm

Love the new website! I am excited to keep an eye on it and comment on blogs. Thanks for sharing!

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Josh Allen

06/22/2013 3:19pm

Thanks Jake! I appreciate your input. Thanks for reading!

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Josh Allen is a business owner (with his wife, Holly), a father, and a follower of Jesus ... this blog provides some "nuts & bolts" of how he is attempting to fit all of that together in a meaningful, impactful way.